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Isn't the Gunslinger effect actually distinct from drilling movements to become automatic/second nature? Imagine two equally trained gunslingers. Both have dri
by EForEndeavour 4y ago
Isn't the Gunslinger effect actually distinct from drilling movements to become automatic/second nature?
Imagine two equally trained gunslingers. Both have drilled the drawing movements endlessly to the point where they're fluid motions that require no conscious decision-making. But the gunslinger who draws first ends up losing because the one who draws second is actually reacting, as opposed to making the conscious decision to draw first.
- uoaei 4y agoNo. Consider drills (and building habits more generally) as compressing knowledge into preconscious processes. The first gunslinger could be just as engaged as the second. Because they don't have to devote brain calories to the draw, they are focused on other things actively in conscious thought. I think the "OK Corral" analogy breaks down here because life isn't like gun duels. But the first gunslinger is given freedom to approach with "higher-level thoughts" just as the second is. Requiring some kind of stimulus to react to doesn't pass the sniff test here.
- dymk 4y agoI don't think it's different. When shooting sporting clays, in which you call for the clay and then move the gun once you see where it was thrown, I miss when I'm putting in too much conscious effort. I hit the target if I'm letting muscle memory take over, trained over tens of thousands of rounds.